ers and offerings to God at the great cathedrals thinking it would bring a prosperous and healthy life. In the Middle Ages, these "prayers in stone" were made to spread Christianity throughout the world. Being the Bishop's church, the greatest centers of studies were inside the depths of the cathedrals. The pope answered the most theorized questions about Christianity. Cathedrals and the people inside explained that God is the most important part of a person's life and should be thanked for everything. At anytime were the townspeople feeling downhearted or prosperous for any particular reason, their first priority would be to go to the center of the town and thank God at the cathedral. Praising the lord became a ritual of everyday life. The cathedrals expressed all through the Gothic Age, caused a sense of meaning to construct others in surrounding areas. Each one served as an invigorating temple of deep-rooted mysteries of Christianity (Macaulay 65).
The time period in which these extraordinary churches were built in is part of the Middle Ages, also known as the Gothic Age. During this time period, the world was divided into regions ruled by the Bishop. The regions were called dioceses because of the church governments and administration, therefore, the headquarters became the cathedrals. The Bishops throne symbolized the church's power. Usually, the throne was located in the holiest part of the
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